HALLANDALE BEACH, Fla. - The Fountain of Youth may be the marquee 3-year-old race on a terrific Saturday Gulfstream Park card. But the unbeaten Lost in the Fog, who heads an 11-horse field entered in the Grade 2 Swale, may be the marquee 3-year-old performing on the 12-race program.

HALLANDALE BEACH, Fla. - Eddington's affinity for this surface and a favorable pace scenario may give him a slight edge in the 60th running of the Gulfstream Park Handicap on Saturday.

A field of nine was entered for the Grade 2, $300,000 race, including Zakocity and Classic Endeavor - the second- and third-place finishers from the Sunshine Millions Classic - and Contante, third in the Hal's Hope Stakes.

HALLANDALE BEACH, Fla. - In the Gold may not have Sis City to deal with in Saturday's Bonnie Miss Stakes at Gulfstream Park, but that doesn't mean she'll have an easy time of it in the Grade 2, $150,000 race for 3-year-old fillies.

Pleasant Chimes, who has looked good winning both of her starts, could be the one to beat in the nine-furlong Bonnie Miss, which drew a field of seven. The Bonnie Miss, which goes as race 3, is one of five Grade 2 events on the card.

HALLANDALE BEACH, Fla. - How good is Saturday's $150,000 Stonerside Forward Gal Stakes at Gulfstream Park? Just ask trainer Todd Pletcher, who will send out the odds-on favorite Maddalena in the seven-furlong dash for 3-year-old fillies.

"This may be the toughest race of the meet," said Pletcher.

HALLANDALE BEACH, Fla. - Owner-breeder Daniel Borislow has purchased a majority interest in Wild Desert, who will make his 3-year-old debut in Saturday's Grade 2 Fountain of Youth Stakes here. Wild Desert is trained by Ken McPeek.

Borislow, who sold the majority of his breeding stock at Keeneland's Fasig Tipton November mixed sale because of problems with the Internal Revenue Service, did not reveal the details of the sale but said former owner David Gessler Jr. retained a minor interest in the horse.

HOT SPRINGS, Ark. - Afleet Alex will make his 3-year-old debut a little earlier than many anticipated. In a move that will give Afleet Alex three before the Kentucky Derby, trainer Tim Ritchey on Thursday entered the colt in Saturday's $50,000 Mountain Valley at Oaklawn Park.

The six-furlong race for 3-year-olds drew a field of six, with , a Grade 1 winner around one turn, set to break from post 5 under Jeremy Rose.

OZONE PARK, N.Y. - Song of the Sword and Salic Law, a couple of talented 4-year-olds, step up to tackle veteran stakes runners for the first time in the $75,000-added Stymie Handicap on Saturday at Aqueduct.

The youngest runners in the seven-horse field, both Song of the Sword and Salic Law carry 114 pounds in the 1 1/8-mile Stymie, which will be run over the inner track.

NEW ORLEANS - Hard-hitting turf specialist Mr. Sulu has competed against some of the best grass horses on the grounds this Fair Grounds meet and returns to face Louisiana-breds Saturday in the $75,000 Dixie Poker Ace at 7 1/2 furlongs on the Fair Grounds grass course.

An impressive winner of the Louisiana Champions Day Turf last December, Mr. Sulu missed this race last year because of a training accident.

Grab Bag was dismissed at 7-1 when she won the seven-furlong Manatee Stakes in her first start since May, but don't look for that kind of price Saturday, when she will be the probable favorite in a field of nine fillies and mares in Saturday's $60,000 Wayward Lass stakes at 1 1/16 miles over the main track.

Tommy Turner, who handled Grab Bag last time out, will have the mount again as she seeks her seventh win from 14 outings.

This is the time of year when trainers of Triple Crown nominees are eager to see whether their 3-year-olds can be effective stretching out around two turns.

Ed Gaudet, Jennifer Pedersen, and Ben Perkins Jr., however, are doing just the opposite with Monster Chaser, Daddy Joe, and Diamond Wildcat.